Fencepost



Patented Feb. 26, 1924.

tiNiTED STATES htt@- FATENT OFHQE.

CARL IVI. KITSELMAN AND OSBORN L. BARBER., OF MUNCIE, INDIANA, ASSIGNORS '.110'` KITSELIVLAN BROTHERS, 0F MUNCIE, INDIANA., A CORPORATION.

FENCEPOST.

Application led September 21, 1922. Serial No. 589,542.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, CARL M. KITSELMAN and OsonN L. BARBER, citizens of the United States and residents of Muncie, county of Delaware, and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Fencepost; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

This invention consists of a metal fence post, made preferably of angle iron or some form of iron bar with a relatively thin side or edge, and wire notches are cut obliquely in the edge. of the post so that a pointed prong is left, which by a stroke of a hammer can be bent over the wire to hold it in place in the notch.

Another feature of the invention consists in providing some of the wire notches, especially in the lower part of the post, so that they extend upward obliquely, and the remainder of the wire notches so that they extend downward obliquely, to aid in preventing animals or persons from dislocatng the wires. Pigs endeavoring to get thro ugh the lower wires push them when the slots extend obliquely upward. A person climbing the fence, or a large animal reaching over the fence and pushing downward on the upper wires cannot dislodge them because they are in notches extending obliquely downward.

A further feature of the invention is the particular construction of the notch, the same consisting substantially of an elongated opening having curved ends, and lying inclined to the longitudinal edge of the post and substantially tangential thereto to form a receiving opening.

The full nature of this invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claim.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a section of a wire fence having one of said new posts in place. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear view thereof with parts broken away. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the post without any wires in it. Fig. 5 is the same with the wires secured in it.

.The `post 10 shown herein is an angle iron A-shapecl in cross section, as shown in Fig.

2, so it presents two sides in the edge of ward with the mouth of each notch upward and the lower series 13 extend obliquely upward with the mouths thereof downward. Sometimes an upwardly extending notch may be paired with a downardly extending notch as in Fig. 3. These `notches are punched or cut in the metal by machinery so as to be of uniform size and sufficiently large to receive the wires 11, and when cut obliquely as indicated there s a sharp tongue or prong 14 left and after the wire is placed in the notch, said tongue or prong is struck with a hammer and bent inward over the wire to hold it in place. Preferably each notch consists of an elongated opening having curved ends, and lying 1nclined to the longitudinal edge of the post and substantially tangential thereto to form a receiving opening.

A slight blow of the hammer causing a slight bend of the tongue or prong 14 1s sufcient to accomplish this purpose. By a suitable instrument the tongue can be bent outward if it be necessary to remove the wire. To enable one toaccomplish this result the post is made of metal that will bend under a blow without breaking and w1ll rigidly maintain its position when bent.

The number of notches 11 and 13 may be varied and the number in each series may be changed to suit the needs of the fence; and the notches wherever made may be 1nclined either upward or downward as the needs of the fence may require and the notches in a pair be alike or oppositely extending. The notches are preferably so made as to have a shoulder 15 opposite the prong 14, which contracts the mouth of the notch and prevents the removal of unnecessary metal.

This makes a cheap light, strong post which will withstand wire displacement by either small or large animals and one wire may be held in oppositely extending slots so as to resist displacement by forcible movement in any direction.

The invention claimed is:

A metal fence post having a plurality of relativethin'portions each of which is pro- 'f ing downward and, the upper. notches eX- tending downward with their mouths opening upward, and the intermediate oppositely positioned notches extending in oppositely inclined directions with their 10 mouths opening in opposite directions,

whereby the notches will preventl upward movement of? the lowerfwire inthe lower notches, downward movement of the upper wire in the lupper notches, andupwardand downward movement. of. the intermediate wire in the intermediate notches.

In witness whereof we have hereunto afxed our signatures.

@ARL M. KVITSELMAN. OSBORN L. BARBER. 

